THEME02-1-1088-2009/2013

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02-1-1088-2009/2013

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ALICE: Study of Interactions of Heavy Ion and Proton Beams at LHC

Leader:

A.S. Vodopianov

Scientific Programme:
1. Participation in the completion of ALICE setup (Photon spectrometer PHOS, transition radiation detector TRD, assembly of the setup).
2. Participation in shifts during the operation of ALICE detector.
3. Production and analysis of the experimental data within the distributed computing GRID.
4. Development of the software.
5. Physics analysis of experimental data. Preparation of publications.
6. Participation in the conceptual design of the ALICE detector upgrade.

Expected main results in 2009:

Participation in the startup of ALICE detector. Participation in shifts for testing of detectors and data taking.
Procurement of lead tungstate crystals for photon spectrometer.
Participation in the physics project preparation. Physics simulation of heavy ions and protons interactions at LHC energies.
Data analysis. Preparation of publications.
Analysis of Cherenkov radiation data and preparation of publications.
Participation in the testing and integration of transition radiation detectors into ALICE.
Testing and supporting of GRID.
Participation in the assembly of ALICE setup.

List of Activities

Activity or Experiment

Leader

Status

Dipole magnet

A.S. Vodopianov

Realization

Particle detectors

A.S. Vodopianov

Realization

Physical process simulation and
research programme

B.V. Batyunya

Realization

ALICE Computing in the
distributed environment-GRID

A.S. Vodopianov
G.S. Shabratova

Realization

Cherenkov radiation studies

A.S. Vodopianov

Data analysis

Transition radiation detector
TRD/ALICE

Yu.V. Zanevsky
A.I. Malakhov

Realization

Photon Spectrometer PHOS

A.S. Vodopianov
P.V. Nomokonov

Realization

Collaboration
Country or international organization	City	Institute or Laboratory
Armenia	Yerevan	YerPhI
Bulgaria	Sofia	SU
CERN	Geneva
China	Beijing	CIAE
	Wuhan	HZNU
Croatia	Zagreb	RBI
Czech Republic	Prague	IP ASCR
	Rez	NRI
Denmark	Copenhagen	NBI
France	Clermont-Ferrand	LPC-CF
	Orsay	IPN Orsay
	Lyon	UCBL
	Nantes	SUBATECH
	Strasbourg	CRN
	Saclay	IRFU
Germany	Darmstadt	GSI
	Heidelberg	Univ.
	Frankfurt/Main	Univ.
	Marburg	Univ.
	Munster	Univ.
Greece	Athens	Univ.
Hungary	Budapest	KFKI RMKI
India	Aligarh	AMU
	Bhubaneswar	IOP
	Calcutta	VECC
		SINP
	Chandigarh	PU
	Jammu	Univ.
Italy	Alessandria	Univ.
	Bari	INFN
	Bologna	INFN
	Cagliari	INFN
	Catania	Univ.
		INFN LNS
	Legnaro	INFN LNL
	Padua	INFN
	Rome	INFN
	Salerno	INFN
	Turin	INFN
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	IPT MAS
Netherlands	Amsterdam	NIKHEF
	Utrecht	RU
Norway	Bergen	UiB
	Oslo	UiO
Poland	Cracow	NINP PAS
	Warsaw	ETI
		SINS
		FP WUT
Republic of Korea	Kangnung	KNU
Romania	Bucharest	ISS
Russia	Gatchina	PNPI RAS
	Novosibirsk	BINP SB RAS
	Moscow	ITEP
		MEPhI
		RRC KI
	Troitsk	INR RAS
	Protvino	IHEP
	St. Petersburg	SPbSU
	Sarov	VNIIEF
Slovak Republic	Bratislava	CU
	Kosice	PJSU
South Africa	Cape Town	UCT
Sweden	Lund	LU
Switzerland	Lausanne	EPFL
United Kingdom	Birmingham	Univ.
Ukraine	Kharkov	KFTI NASU
	Kiev	BITP NASU
USA	Columbus, OH	OSU
	Oak Ridge, TN	ORNL

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